text: Father Benedict Seed, 83, denies the charges, which include striking pupils aged between 11 and 18 with a cane and a spiked golf shoe in the 70s and 80s.
  He is also charged with pulling a boy from his bed and hitting him on the body with a hockey stick.
  He denies all the charges and will face trial in Inverness in May.
  An interim hearing into the case was heard at Inverness Sheriff Court on Friday.
target: The trial of a former priest accused of assaulting eight boys while teaching at Fort Augustus Abbey School in the Highlands has been adjourned until May.